Total bridges
142
Public highway bridges in Monroe County
County profile · official public datasets
Monroe County, AL
142 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.6% rated Good, 40.8% Fair, 3.5% Poor.
- 142
- Public bridges
- 55.6%
- Good condition
- 3.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Monroe County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 40th
- of 67 on Poor share
- 3.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 142
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Monroe County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Monroe County ranks #40 of 67 Alabama counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.5%). Monroe County, Alabama contains 142 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.6% are rated “Good,” 40.8% “Fair,” and 3.5% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
55.6%
79 of 142 rated 7-9
Fair condition
40.8%
58 of 142 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.5%
5 of 142 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#40 of 67
Among Alabama counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 142 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 55.6% (79)
Fair 40.8% (58)
Poor 3.5% (5)
Monroe County's Poor-condition bridges carry 335 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 67 crossings a day against 600 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 142 of 142 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
45.1% of Monroe County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
64 of the 142 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 55.6% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 29.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LITTLE RIVER ST P over CREEK, built 1930, carries 100 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 335 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Monroe County's bridges were built
142 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
20 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s 9
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
29 bridges
- 1990s 10
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
13 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s
2020–2029
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1980, 6 years newer than the Alabama average of 1974.
How Monroe County compares with Alabama's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Alabama counties nearest Monroe County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 9 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 66 Alabama counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke County | 155 | 70.3% | 29.7% | 0% | 1973 |
| Choctaw County | 154 | 39.6% | 55.2% | 5.2% | 1971 |
| Tallapoosa County | 149 | 34.2% | 55% | 10.7% | 1967 |
| Monroe County (this page) | 142 | 55.6% | 40.8% | 3.5% | 1980 |
| Bullock County | 136 | 20.6% | 77.9% | 1.5% | 1970 |
| Henry County | 133 | 41.4% | 58.6% | 0% | 1975 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Monroe County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Monroe County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AL (142 bridges here).
- Henderson County, IL · 142 bridges
- Graham County, KS · 142 bridges
- Kenton County, KY · 142 bridges
- Freeborn County, MN · 142 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AL (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
- McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (142)
PVR.L.R.ST.PRK.RD
FairOver: CREEK
LITTLE RIVER STATE PARK, Monroe, AL
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100
COUNTY ROUTE 29
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
1.05 MI.N.OLD TEXASLT.1MI, Monroe, AL
Built 1957 Load: 15.3 t ADT: 50
SR 47
FairOver: ROBINSONS CREEK
0.5 MI. E. OF RILEY, Monroe, AL
Built 1930 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 530
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
4.0 MI. E. PETERMAN, Monroe, AL
Built 1954 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 75
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
3.0 MI.S.W.RILEY CROSSING, Monroe, AL
Built 1974 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: MURDER CREEK
2.05 MI.S.W. SKINNERTON, Monroe, AL
Built 1999 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
1.0 MI.S. RILEY CROSSING, Monroe, AL
Built 1968 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
1.3 MI. E. LANDFILLRD., Monroe, AL
Built 1960 Load: 19.5 t ADT: 75
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE ESCAMBIA CREEK
1 MI.W. GODWINS STORE, Monroe, AL
Built 1942 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 80
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: HOLLY MILL CREEK
1 MI. W. SPRINGHILLCHURCH, Monroe, AL
Built 1967 Load: 20.3 t ADT: 65
COUNTY ROUTE 17
FairOver: HOLLY MILL CREEK
1 MI. N.W. FOUNTAIN, Monroe, AL
Built 1953 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 1,100
COUNTY ROUTE 17
FairOver: BRADLEY MILL CREEK
2 MI.N.W. FOUNTAIN, Monroe, AL
Built 1953 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 1,100
COUNTY ROUTE 20
FairOver: HATTERS MILL CREEK
3 MI. E.MONROEVILLE, Monroe, AL
Built 1956 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 1,800
COUNTY ROUTE 30
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
.03 MI. E. PETERMAN, Monroe, AL
Built 1958 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 1,124
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
3.0 MI. W. BURNT CORN, Monroe, AL
Built 1963 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 50
US 84
FairOver: ESCAMBIA CREEK
2 MI. W. OF REPTON, Monroe, AL
Built 1947 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 5,790
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
2.5 MI.N.E. ROCKY HILL, Monroe, AL
Built 1956 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 75
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: RANDONS CREEK
1 MI. N. POLARD, Monroe, AL
Built 1966 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROUTE 6
FairOver: FLAT CREEK
3 MI. E. RIVER RIDGE, Monroe, AL
Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
1.5 MI. W. JAMES BROOKS, Monroe, AL
Built 1948 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 85
Nadawha Road
FairOver: VARIOUS BRANCHES
4 MI SE OF NADAWAH, Monroe, AL
Built 2000 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 100
Eureka Landing Rd
FairOver: slough
4 Mi SW Eliska, Monroe, AL
Built 2019 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 50
SR 21
FairOver: FLAT CREEK
6.3 MI. N. OF BEATRICE, Monroe, AL
Built 1947 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 500
County Road
FairOver: LIMESTONE CREEK
Curry Rd, Monroe, AL
Built 1951 Load: 25.1 t ADT: 75
COUNTY ROUTE 1
FairOver: BEAVER DAM CREEK
2 MI. S. MINEOLO, Monroe, AL
Built 1967 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 200
SR 21
FairOver: LIMESTONE CREEK
3 MI. N.OF MONROEVILLE, Monroe, AL
Built 1967 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 2,700
NADAWHA RD
FairOver: FLAT CREEK
.05 MI. S. E. NADAWAH, Monroe, AL
Built 2012 Load: 26.4 t ADT: 60
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
MANISTEE, Monroe, AL
Built 1969 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 30
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: Branch
EAST OF CORD 61, Monroe, AL
Built 2009 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 20
US 84
FairOver: TRIB. TO AL. RIVER
2.5 MI. E. OF GOSPORT, Monroe, AL
Built 1974 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 3,316
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
4 MI. N. W. BERMUDA, Monroe, AL
Built 1951 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 75
SR 59
FairOver: BUTTERFORK CREEK
1.5 MI. S. OF URIAH, Monroe, AL
Built 1957 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 1,190
COUNTY ROUTE 3
FairOver: BUTTER FORK BRANCH
.03 MI. N.W. URIAH, Monroe, AL
Built 1956 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 300
US 84
FairOver: ALABAMA RIVER REL.
1.3 MI. W. OF CLAIBORNE, Monroe, AL
Built 1983 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,316
US 84
FairOver: ALABAMA RIVER REL.
0.9 MI. W. OF CLAIBORNE, Monroe, AL
Built 1983 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,316
US 84
FairOver: ALABAMA RIVER REL.
.8MI WEST OF CLAIBORNE, Monroe, AL
Built 1983 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,316
SR 21
FairOver: PIKARD CREEK
3.7 MI.N.OF MONROEVILLE, Monroe, AL
Built 1966 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 2,700
US 84
FairOver: ALABAMA RIVER REL.
1 MI. W. OF CLAIBORN, Monroe, AL
Built 1983 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 3,316
SR 41
FairOver: FOX CREEK
7.6 MI.N.OF FRANKLIN, Monroe, AL
Built 1927 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 470
SR 21
FairOver: A.G.R
FRISCO CITY, Monroe, AL
Built 1938 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 5,070
US 84
FairOver: ALABAMA RIVER
3.3 MI. E. OF MONROE CO., Monroe, AL
Built 1985 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 3,316
SR 265
FairOver: STREAM
1.5 MI. N. OF BEATRICE, Monroe, AL
Built 1955 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 850
COUNTY ROUTE 20
FairOver: CURR BRANCH
1 MI. E. DREWERY, Monroe, AL
Built 1968 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 650
COUNTY ROUTE 37
FairOver: BRANCH
1 MI. E. HALLS CROSS ROAD, Monroe, AL
Built 1958 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 375
SR 21
FairOver: BRANCH
1 MI. S. OF BEATRICE, Monroe, AL
Built 1930 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 1,940
COUNTY ROAD
FairOver: LIMESTONE CREEK
1 MI. W. AL. RIVER PULP, Monroe, AL
Built 1977 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 2,000
SR 21
FairOver: AL RAILROAD CO.
0.5MI.N. TUNNEL SPRINGS, Monroe, AL
Built 1989 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,000
COUNTY ROUTE 27
FairOver: BRANCH
2 MI. N. W. EXCEL, Monroe, AL
Built 1962 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 500
COUNTY ROUTE 1
FairOver: BRANCH
3.5 MI. S.E. ELISKA, Monroe, AL
Built 1967 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 235
COUNTY RT 1
FairOver: RANDALS CREEK
4 MI. N.ROCKY HILL, Monroe, AL
Built 1986 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 375
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